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MotionSavvy, the San Francisco startup working on tech to help the deaf communicate, has launched an Indiegogo campaign to commercialize its first product, UNI. The UNI app works with Leap Motion technology to translate each sign from American Sign Language into audible words on a tablet.

We first wrote about the tech behind MotionSavvy when it launched out of the Leap AXLR8R program back in June. The team at MotionSavvy now has a rough working prototype of UNI. It currently works with the Dell Pro 8 tablet, which is housed within the UNI case and the Leap Motion controller. MotionSavvy hopes to raise a total of $40,000 on Indiegogo to help with manufacturing and to bring the UNI into final production.

TechCrunch met up with the all deaf founding team behind MotionSavvy to get an idea of just how UNI works. Check it out:

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OverviewMotionSavvy is developing a translation tool for the Deaf and Hard of hearing by working with gesture recognition technology Leap Motion along with various mobile devices which targets sign language users for improved accessibility. Our goal is the 370 million deaf and hard of hearing market worldwide with a cost affordable product against current competitors.

OverviewThey believe that simple, natural input is key to unlocking the immense power of technology. With Leap Motion, you can interact with digital content in virtual and augmented reality, Mac and PC using your hands just as you would in the real world. Their unique combination of software and hardware tracks the movement of hands and fingers with very low latency, converting in into 3D input.

OverviewIndieGoGo is a global crowdfunding platform that democratizes the way people raise funds for any project such as creative, entrepreneurial, or cause-related. The platform enables individuals and startups to generate pre-sales and collect feedback from early adopters before they manufacture their products. Since its inception in 2008, Indiegogo has been offering related advice to individuals and startups …